18.32.050 Tenant notification.

(A) Notification of Hearing on Tentative Map or Preliminary Parcel Map.

(1) In addition to other notification requirements of the municipal code, the advisory agency shall give notice of any public hearing on a tentative map or preliminary parcel map to at least one tenant in each dwelling unit of such building or buildings proposed for conversion.

(2) Such notice shall be in writing and mailed not less than thirty days prior to the public hearing on the tentative map or preliminary parcel map.

(3) Such notice may include a questionnaire, to be completed at the option of each tenant, regarding the approximate ages and disabilities or handicaps, if any, of the household members, comments concerning the physical condition of the building and its various components and characteristics as outlined in Section 18.32.040(B)(1) of this chapter, and such other information as may be pertinent to the pending proceedings.

(B) Notification of Proposed Conversion Prior to Termination of Tenancy Due to the Conversion. Each tenant of a conversion project subject to this section shall be given one hundred eighty days written notice of intention to convert prior to termination of tenancy due to the conversion or proposed conversion. Each person who becomes a tenant of such conversion project after the date of such one hundred eighty days' written notice shall be given a copy thereof before entering into any written or oral rental agreement, but shall not be entitled to one hundred eighty days' written notice prior to termination of tenancy due to the conversion or proposed conversion.

(1) The applicant shall give each tenant of any proposed residential conversion project written notice of an exclusive right to contract for the purchase of the dwelling unit occupied by the tenant or purchase of a share in the corporation entitling the shareholder to enjoy exclusive occupancy of the unit upon the same or more favorable terms and conditions than those on which such unit or share will be initially offered to the general public. The right shall run for a period of not less than ninety days from the issuance of the subdivision public report pursuant to Section 11018.2 of the California Business and Professions Code, unless the applicant receives prior written notice of the tenant's intention not to exercise the right.

(2) Where two or more units are combined pursuant to conditions of tentative map or preliminary parcel map approval, the notice required by this subsection shall be given to the tenants of the combined units and priority among tenants shall be determined in an equitable manner. A tenant who is prevented from purchasing his or her unit due to combination of units shall be given a right of first refusal with respect to the comparable unit in the same residential conversion project, to the extent possible.